Engineering Letters, Volume 16

Volume 16, Number 1, March 2008

• Mozammel H. A. Khan:
  Cost Reduction in Nearest Neighbour Based Synthesis of Quantum Boolean Circuits. 1-5
  
• Liguo Yu:
  Prototyping, Domain Specific Language, and Testing. 6-11
  
• R. Kamyab Moghadas, S. Gholizadeh:
  A New Wavelet Back Propagation Neural Networks for Structural Dynamic Analysis. 12-17
  
• Morteza Mohammadzaheri, Lei Chen:
  Hybrid Neuro-Predictive-Fuzzy Algorithm for a Model Helicopter's Yaw Angle Control. 18-26
  
• Mehmet Bodur:
  Real-Time Population Based Optimization for Adaptive Motion Control of Robot Manipulator. 27-35
  
• Irene Luque Ruiz, Manuel Urbano-Cuadrado, Miguel Ángel Gómez-Nieto:
  Improving the Development of QSAR Prediction Models with the use of Approximate Similarity Approach. 36-43
  
• Jacques Verdier, Jose-Cruz Nuñez Perez, Christian Gontrand:
  20 GHz High Performance VCO Design Methodology. 44-49
  
• Mohammad Massoud Karbassian, H. Ghafouri-Shira:
  Performance Analysis of Unipolar Code in Different Phase Modulations of Coherent Optical CDMA. 50-55
  
• T. C. Kuo, Y. J. Huang:
  Global Stabilization of Robot Control with Neural Network and Sliding Mode. 56-60
  
• K. Y. Chan, G. T. Y. Pong, K. W. Chan:
  Investigation of Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Methods for Solving Transient-Stability Constrained Optimal Power Flow Problems. 61-67
  
• Piyaporn Krachodnok, Rangsan Wongsan:
  Performance Improvement in the Design of Broad-Beam Microstrip Reflectarray. 68-75
  
• X. Wang, Mark Sumner, D. W. P. Thomas:
  Application of TLM and Cassie-Mayr Arc model on Transformer Aging and Incipient Faults Simulation. 76-82
  
• Yajie Chen, Steve Hall, Liam McDaid, Octavian Buiu, Peter M. Kelly:
  A Solid-State Neuron for Spiking Neural Network Implementation. 83-89
  
• G. El-Murr, Damian Giaouris, J. W. Finch:
  Totally Parameter Independent Speed Estimation of Synchronous Machines Based on Online Short Time Fourier Transform Ridges. 90-95
  
• O. Aybay, L. He:
  Development of a High-Resolution Time Conservative Finite Volume Method for Large Eddy Simulation. 96-103
  
• Gregory M. Lecrivain, Ian F. Kennedy, Arezki Slaouti:
  Hybrid Surface Reconstruction Technique for Automotive Applications. 104-110
  
• K. Nishiyama, M. C. L. Ward:
  The Performance of the Output Signal of Micro Switch Group Sensor (MSGS). 111-116
  
• C. K. Chan, B. Stewart, C. W. Leung:
  Simulation of Heat Release in Premixed Combustion. 117-121
  
• K. L. Mak, Peggy S. K. Lau:
  Order Pickings in an AS/RS with Multiple I/O Stations using an Artificial Immune System with Aging Antibodies. 122-130
  
• T. Massey, Qing Wang:
  The Development of a Discrete-Event Simulation Model to Aid the Design of Complex Manufacturing Systems. 131-140
  
• Igor A. Gorlach, Oliver Wessel:
  Optimal Level of Automation in the Automotive Industry. 141-149
  
• Hemant A. Patil, T. K. Basu:
  Identifying Perceptually Similar Languages Using Teager Energy Based Cepstrum. 151-159
  
• David B. Bracewell, Fuji Ren, Shingo Kuroiwa:
  A Low Cost Machine Translation Method for Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval. 160-165
  
• Jiajun Yan, David B. Bracewell, Fuji Ren, Shingo Kuroiwa:
  The Creation of a Chinese Emotion Ontology Based on HowNet. 166-171
  
• Junko Minato, David B. Bracewell, Fuji Ren, Shingo Kuroiwa:
  Japanese Emotion Corpus Analysis and its Usefor Automatic Emotion Word Identification. 172-177
  

Volume 16, Number 2, June 2008

• Mozammel H. A. Khan:
  Design of Reversible/Quantum Ternary Comparator Circuits. 178-184
  
• Wen-Liang Abraham Wang, Yenming J. Chen:
  3D Controllable Set of Linear Time-Invariant Open-Loop Unstable Systems with Constrained Input - A Submarine Case. 185-192
  
• Somyot Kaitwanidvilai, Manukid Parnichkun:
  Design of Structured Controller Satisfying H Infinite Loop Shaping using Evolutionary Optimization: Application to a Pneumatic Robot Arm. 193-201
  
• Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Koichi Harada:
  Use of Concurrent Wavelet Transform (WT) to Image Compression and a Verification Analysis of Communicating Threads for Concurrent WT. 202-209
  
• Imane Daoudi, Saîd El Alaoui Ouatik, A. El Kharraz, Khalid Idrissi, Driss Aboutajdine:
  Vector Approximation based Indexing for High-Dimensional Multimedia Databases. 210-218
  
• Herbert Loria Molina, Pedro Pereira-Almao, Carlos Scott:
  Prediction of Concentration Profiles of Dispersed Particles through Horizontal Cylindrical Channels. 219-224
  
• Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, R. Stanley Williams:
  Two-stage Atomic Layer Deposition of Smooth Aluminum Oxide on Hydrophobic Self-assembled Monolayers. 225-230
  
• Xuefeng Wang:
  Teachers' Views on Conducting Formative Assessment in Chinese Context. 231-235
  
• Hanafiah B. Yussof, Masahiro Ohka, Hirofumi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Morisawa, Jumpei Takata:
  Tactile Sensing-Based Control Architecture in Multi-Fingered Arm for Object Manipulation. 236-247
  
• G. Mamani, J. Becedas, Vicente Feliú Batlle, Hebertt Sira-Ramírez:
  Algebraic Observer to Estimate Unmeasured State Variables of DC Motors. 248-255
  
• T. S. Chang, A. Nazle Gündes:
  PID Controller Synthesis with Specifed Stability Requirement for Some Classes of MIMO Systems. 256-265
  
• Xiaoli Bai, Jeremy J. Davis, James Doebbler, James D. Turner, John L. Junkins:
  Modeling, Control and Simulation of a Novel Mobile Robotic System. 266-273
  

Volume 16, Number 3, September 2008

• F. Chetouane, S. Darenfed:
  Neural Network NARMA Control of a Gyroscopic Inverted Pendulum. 274-279
  
• Arman Raoufi, Mehrzad Shams, Reza Ebrahimi:
  A Novel CFD Scheme for Collision of Micro-bubbles in Turbulent Flow. 280-287
  
• N. Z. Yahaya, K. M. Begam, M. Awan:
  A Review on VHF Power Electronics Converter and Design Issues. 288-293
  
• Bijan Kumar Mandal, Amitava Datta, Amitava Sarkar:
  A Computational Study of the Soot Formation in Methane-Air Diffusion Flame During Early Transience Following Ignition. 294-307
  
• A. Sudiarso, J. Atkinson:
  In-Process Electrical Dressing of Metal-Bonded Diamond Grinding Wheels. 308-310
  
• T. C. Kuo, Y. J. Huang, C. Y. Chen, C. H. Chang:
  Adaptive Sliding Mode Control with PID Tuning for Uncertain Systems. 311-315
  
• T. C. Kuo, Y. J. Huang, C. H. Chang, C. Y. Chen:
  Robust Suppression Sliding Mode Control for Uncertain Duffing-Holmes Chaotic Systems. 316-320
  
• Shinichi Tsuda, Koichi Sakano:
  Robust Adaptive Control of a Large Spacecraft. 321-325
  
• Y. H. Eng, M. W. S. Lau, E. Low, Gerald Seet, C. S. Chin:
  Estimation of the Hydrodynamics Coefficients of an ROV using Free Decay Pendulum Motion. 326-331
  
• Kang Min Lee, Ji Hoon Yang, Byung Suhl Suh:
  Congestion Control of Active Queue Management Routers Based on LQ-Servo Control. 332-338
  
• Masaya Yoshikawa, Hironori Yamauchi, Hidekazu Terai:
  Hybrid Architecture of Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing. 339-345
  
• Piyapong Olranthichachat, Somyot Kaitwanidvilai:
  GA Based Fixed Structure H-Infinite Loop Shaping Controller for a Buck-Boost Converter. 346-352
  
• Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, H. K. Hwang, Marshall Grice, Anatoly Yakovlev:
  Sensitivity Analysis for Direction of Arrival Estimation using a Root-MUSIC Algorithm. 353-360
  
• Fion C. H. Lee, Alan H. S. Chan:
  An Application Programme for Examination of Differential Linear and Nonlinear Magnification Methods and Magnification Interface Factors. 361-367
  
• Joey C. Y. So, Alan H. S. Chan:
  Design Factors on Dynamic Text Display. 368-371
  
• C. Grabner:
  Controlled Permanent Magnet Drives. 372-382
  
• Long-Chang Hsieh, Tzu-Hsia Chen:
  The Kinematic Design of Automatic Gear Transmissions for Bicycles. 383-390
  
• Shinn-Liang Chang, Jia-Hung Liu, Kai-Wei Jin, Ching-Hua Hung, Shang-Hsin Chen:
  Design Optimization for Robustness Considering the Gear Transmission Error. 391-397
  
• Chien-wen Shen:
  Cycle Time Forecasting Models for Defect Inspection Process in TFT-LCD Module Assembly. 398-405
  
• Wei Hua Ho, Mark Jermy, Henry Dumbleton:
  Formation of Sink Vortices in a Jet Engine Test Cell. 406-411
  
• Hepu Deng, Santoso Wibowo:
  Intelligent Decision Support for Evaluating and Selecting Information Systems Projects. 412-418
  
• Tomoko Kashima, Shimpei Matsumoto, Hiroaki Ishii:
  A Well-Balanced Menu Planning with Fuzzy Weight. 419-424
  
• Robert Baxter, Stephen Booth, Mark Bull, Geoff Cawood, James Perry, Mark Parsons, Alan Simpson, Arthur Trew, Andrew McCormick, Graham Smart, Ronnie Smart, Allan Cantle, Richard Chamberlain, Gildas Genest:
  Maxwell - a 64 FPGA Supercomputer. 426-433
  
• Xiang Tian, Khaled Benkrid, Xiaochen Gu:
  High Performance Monte-Carlo Based Option Pricing on FPGAs. 434-442
  
• Server Kasap, Khaled Benkrid, Ying Liu:
  Design and Implementation of an FPGA-based Core for Gapped BLAST Sequence Alignment with the Two-Hit Method. 443-452
  
• Emad Abuelrub:
  The Hamiltonicity of Crossed Cubes in the Presence of Faults. 453-459
  
• Abdsamad Benkrid, Khaled Benkrid:
  HIDE+: A Logic Based Hardware Development Environment. 460-468
  

Volume 16, Number 4, December 2008

• Sangeeta Biswas, Shamim Ahmad, M. Khademul Islam Molla, Keikichi Hirose, Mohammed Nasser:
  Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test in Text-Dependent Automatic Speaker Identification. 469-472
  
• Babita R. Jose, P. Mythili, Jimson Mathew:
  GA-based Optimization of Sigma-delta Modulators for Wireless Transceivers. 473-479
  
• Karim Ivaz, Rahman Abdollahi:
  An Inverse Stefan Problem. 480-485
  
• C. Thanga Raj, S. P. Srivastava, Pramod Agarwal:
  Realization on Particle Swarm Optimized Design of Induction Motor Via SPEED/PC-IMD. 486-492
  
• S. K. Lee, G. Mogi, J. W. Kim:
  Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Measuring Relative Efficiency of Greenhouse Gas Technologies: AHP/DEA Hybrid Model. 493-497
  
• Yunlian Pan, Sieu Phan:
  Threshold for Positional Weight Matrix. 498-504
  
• Nazar Zaki:
  Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Pairwise Alignment and Inter-Domain Linker Region. 505-511
  
• Mayur Sarangdhar, Chandrasekhar Kambhampati:
  Spiking Neurons and Synaptic Stimuli: Determining the Fidelity of Coincidence-Factor in Neural Response Comparison. 512-517
  
• C. Grabner:
  Conceptual Design of Power Electronics, Control Strategies and Electrical Machines within Variable Speed Drives. 518-528
  
• F. Corrêa Alegria, Francisco Antonio Martins Travassos:
  Implementation Details of an Automatic Monitoring System Used on a Vodafone Radiocommunication Base Station. 529-536
  
• Dmitry Vlasenko, Roland Kasper:
  Generation of Equations of Motion in Reference Frame Formulation for FEM Models. 537-544
  
• Pradip Kumar Bala:
  Retail Inventory Management with Purchase Dependencies. 545-549
  
• Haeng-Kon Kim:
  Frameworks of Process Improvement for Mobile Applications. 550-555
  
• J. Kozak, D. Gulbinowicz, Z. Gulbinowicz:
  The Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Pulse Electrochemical Micromachining. 556-561
  
• A. Firooz, P. Chen:
  Effect of Surface Expansion and Compression on the Surface Tension of 1-octanol Solutions. 562-567
  
• Cristian-Andi Nicolae, Margareta Anca Grigorescu, Raluca Augusta Gabor:
  An Investigation of Thermal Degradation of Poly(Lactic Acid). 568-571
  
• K. Anand Kishore, M. Praveen Kumar, V. Ravi Krishna, G. Venkat Reddy:
  Optimization of Process Variables of Citric Acid Production Using Aspergillus Niger In A Batch Fermentor. 572-577